Dynamics of the STAT3 transcription factor: Nuclear import dependent on ran and importin-β1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Cimica, Velasco ^a   Chen, Hui Chen ^a   Iyer, Janaki K ^a   Reich, Nancy C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; KARYOPHERIN BETA 1; RAN PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KPNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PLASMID; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BETA KARYOPHERINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE;

EID: 79956285590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020188     Document Type: Article

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